Greystone Golf & Country Club to undergo $4 million renovation

Greystone Golf & Country Club will begin a $4 million facility enhancement project this summer in preparation for the 2016 PGA Tour's Champions Tour.

The club's board of directors and trustees recently approved the three-part project as part of a strategic plan to become a Club of Excellence.

“The club membership will have new facilities that will be aesthetically attractive, spaces that are functional and areas that address our most challenged issues,” said general manager Calvin Bolling in a recent release. “These areas will increase utilization and attract new families to the club.”

The upgrades will begin in July and should be ready by March 2016, just before the club hosts the Regions Tradition in May 2016.

The 800-member club will enjoy a new 9,000 square-foot golf operations center, which will house the golf car fleet and include a welcoming recognition plaza.

There will be a complete renovation of the lower level of the Founder's Clubhouse, adding 4,500 square feet that will include a state-of-the-art fitness center, childcare facility, contemporary kitchen, bar area, casual dining room with seating for 70 people and a modernized women's locker room.

The third part of the project will be the construction of a new golf teaching facility at the Legacy Course.

"It's tremendous that Regions Financial has made this commitment to keep the Regions Tradition in Birmingham," said Champions Tour president Mike Stevens. "Our players hold this major championship in the highest esteem and they enjoy coming to Birmingham, a city where the Champions Tour has had a presence since 1992. The members of Shoal Creek have graciously allowed us to enjoy their facility for three years and we look forward to two more years, along with the knowledge that Greystone Golf & Country Club, which has successfully hosted Champions Tour events in the past, awaits us with a wonderful welcome."

Greystone was the home of the Bruno's Memorial Classic from 1992 to 2005.

Located off U.S. 280 near Lake Purdy, Greystone has 1,300 homes surrounding its two championship golf courses, the Legacy Course and the Founder's Course.

The Founder's Course will be getting $500,000 in course upgrades by the Champions Tour, starting in July. Those modifications should be completed by September.

“The golf course reservations at Founders will require course closure of approximately 90 days, at which time the Legacy Course will be open for play,” said club president Jeff Clifton.

The club said in a statement this week that membership would not be assessed or see an increase in their capital dues.